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Safe Alternatives to Financial Advisors

May 24, 2010

With the way the market has been for the past few weeks, one would wonder how useful financial advisors really are. It’s going to depend a lot on your expectations and needs.

There are two types of financial advisors out there; service fee or no service fee. Either way, the amount, or lack of amount, typically [...]

Category: Investment Education

New Money Lying Around: How to Properly Invest Your Tax Return

April 20, 2010

Come the new fiscal year, it’s so easy to spend that federal return on that hot new item you wanted, particularly with companies marketing their products to you like you absolutely need them, like Apple’s “magical” iPad. So what, exactly, do you do with money that you never really planned to have in the [...]

Category: Investment Education

Staples Coupon

April 19, 2010

Save 75 bucks of any HP computer! Here are the dirty details:

*Offer valid 4/21/10–4/24/10. Valid in Staples U.S. stores, by phone at 1-800-333-3330 or online at staples.com. Offer valid on all HP computers and laptops priced $359 and above. Offer excludes netbooks and item no. 848836, clearance products and Compaq brand items. Limit one [...]

Category: Pennywise

Get $10 Cash Back from US Bank

March 25, 2010

US Bank has a promotion going on that gives their FlexPerks Cash Rewards Visa check card holders 10 bucks for free. Here’s how to get it:

Register your card through their internet banking portal at US Bank or call 888-268-3153 to enroll your card
Spend at least $250 with the US Bank check card between April [...]

Category: Bank Promo Codes, Pennywise

CS4 Coupon

February 17, 2010

If you have been waiting to pull the trigger on an Adobe product then you are in luck. Adobe offers a bunch of professional media editing and authoring tools for photo, video, web, and print publishing.
With this Adobe coupon you can get 10% off CS4 suites and individual products such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, [...]

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Category: Pennywise

Top Roth IRA Rates from mwafcu

January 30, 2010

Midwest America Federal Credit Union has great Roth IRA
with Checking money rates.
Their 23 month term account pays 2.13% dividend rate / 2.15% APY. There is a $500 minimum deposit to earn this rate and dividends are distributed on a quarterly basis. Here are all of MAFCU’s IRA Rates.

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Category: IRA Rates

ING Direct’s Highest CD Rates

December 25, 2009

ING Direct currently has the highest 12 month CD rates of 2.00% Annual Percentage Yield. Merry Christmas!

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Category: 1 yr cd rates

Sweet CD Rates: PenFed.org

December 6, 2009

PenFed Credit Union has sweet certificate of deposit rates with 2.50%
Annual Percentage Yield on 3 year certificates. There is a $1,000 minimum deposit for these CDs. Pentagon Federal Credit Union compounds earned interest daily for maximum returns.
There is a convenient location for travellers at Fort Shafter in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Category: 3 Year CD Rates

CB2 Coupon

November 9, 2009

CB2 (the modern spinoff of Crate and Barrel) offers a nice selection of furniture that is suitable for modern homes. Some of their furniture is made from recycled and reclaimed materials. Crate & Barrel is their parent company – you can even use Crate and Barrel gift cards on merchandise from CB2.
From November [...]

Category: Pennywise

Current CD Rates

October 5, 2009

Daily certificate of deposit interest rates are updated daily. Go to the Best CD Rates finder to find the top interest rates of the day. Bank rates change often so check for the highest bank rates before opening a new deposit account.

Category: Highest CD Rates, Jumbo CD Rates

Chevy Chase Bank Rates

September 8, 2009

Chevy Chase Bank has current interest rates at 2.08% APR, 2.10% Annual Percentage Yield for 24 month (2 year) personal jumbo certificates of deposit. A Jumbo CD requires a minimum deposit of 100,000 dollars.
Capital One Chevy Chase Bank Merger
Capital One Bank recently purchased Chevy Chase Bank for only 520 million dollars. [...]

Category: Jumbo CD Rates

Connexus Credit Union 4.15% APY Xtraordinary Checking

July 29, 2009

Investing your money these days is challenging. With the incredibly low interest rates the banks are offering, it’s hard to be a saver. You might as well be stashing your cash underneath the mattress. Instead of depositing your cash away for months, even years and getting a measly 2.00% return (if you’re [...]

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Category: Online Checking Accounts

Chase Free Business Checking Account

July 15, 2009

Chase Bank is new to California since they bought WAMU (Washington Mutual). The old WAMU banks in CA have been converted to Chase Banks.
Chase offers a free business checking account for small business owners. Is this account for you? Well that depends. Free means that there is no monthly maintenance charge [...]

Category: Bank Reviews

WAMU Personal Free Checking Account

July 14, 2009

WAMU (now Chase Bank) has been offering “Free Checking” for quite some time now. But what exactly does this mean? The name of the checking account implies that the customer will be able to use a Washington Mutual checking account without incurring any ridiculous fees. Here’s a long term bank review.
Free personal [...]

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Category: Bank Reviews